Hetzner Cloud Servers with Tailscale

How to build production-ready, secure servers on a budget-friendly cloud provider without the complexity

The cloud infrastructure landscape has a dirty secret: most developers and small teams can’t afford the “best practices” recommended by major cloud providers. AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure offer sophisticated security and networking services, but their pricing puts comprehensive solutions out of reach for many projects. Meanwhile, budget-friendly providers like Hetzner Cloud offer excellent hardware at fraction of the cost, but lack the managed security services that make infrastructure deployment straightforward.

This creates a frustrating dilemma. You can either pay premium prices for managed security, or spend weeks configuring VPNs, firewalls, and access controls on cheaper infrastructure. There’s a third option: automation that brings enterprise-grade security to budget-friendly cloud providers.

The Hetzner Advantage

Hetzner Cloud represents the new generation of European cloud providers that prioritize value and performance over marketing hype. A server with 2 vCPUs and 4GB RAM costs around €5.83 per month — roughly half what you’d pay on AWS for equivalent performance. The hardware is modern, the network is fast…